Was it a dream or a nightmare? The 2016 political season was so wild and weird I couldn't draw anything more ridiculous than the reality that played out in the news. In a normal year, Alabama politics usually trumps national politics for its sheer goofy gall. But this was no normal year in America or Alabama.

During one stretch, I drew 17 nearly-consecutive "Luv Guv" cartoons. Had it not been for the daily drama of all things Trump, Luv Guv would have been on every cartoonist's drawing board and the star of the late night comedy shows. Cheers and beers to the Luv Guv.

Top off the year with a hotly contested controversial election, throw in some random creepy clowns and an over-abundance of sad, bad news: untimely celebrity deaths, terror, mass murder, racial tension and police shootings. Before you know it, 2016 turned into a year many are ready to see in the rear view mirror.